ShortestWait

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

NHS trust South East Area: Kent and Medway

At the end of August 2026, 30,107 patients were waiting for treatment at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 13.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
13.5 weeks
92% waiting less than
42.9 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
61%
Waiting over a year
882

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 7,392 15.2 wks 12.8 wks 49.6 wks 201st of 238
Urology 3,111 10.0 wks 12.2 wks 36.7 wks 62nd of 180
Orthopaedics 5,003 17.7 wks 13.9 wks 48.0 wks 265th of 299
General medicine 724 12.5 wks 10.2 wks 31.7 wks 52nd of 62
Gastroenterology 2,202 12.0 wks 11.0 wks 31.1 wks 126th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 1,975 15.0 wks 11.9 wks 36.8 wks 105th of 125
Respiratory medicine 1,131 12.6 wks 10.4 wks 29.6 wks 98th of 120
Neurology 1,275 12.9 wks 13.2 wks 29.1 wks 48th of 87
Elderly medicine 378 8.2 wks 7.6 wks 20.6 wks 67th of 96
Gynaecology 4,595 15.6 wks 14.2 wks 43.7 wks 135th of 176
Other medical specialties 527 7.7 wks 10.7 wks 27.7 wks 30th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 568 4.3 wks 12.3 wks 12.0 wks 1st of 113
Other surgical specialties 1,090 11.7 wks 11.4 wks 27.4 wks 82nd of 129
Other services 136 12.3 wks 8.7 wks 45.6 wks 89th of 119

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
  • England
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait rose from 11.7 weeks to 13.5 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202613.5 wks
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MonthDartford and Gravesham NHS TrustEngland
August 202613.512.2
July 202613.512
June 202613.611.9
May 202613.412.4
April 202612.611.9
March 202612.111.3
February 202614.513.2
January 202614.613.6
December 202513.913.5
November 202513.112.9
October 202513.313.3
September 202513.613.4
August 202513.913.5
July 202513.313.1
June 202514.313.4
May 202514.113.6
April 202513.113.3
March 20251313.9
February 202512.914.2
January 202512.814.5
December 202412.514.2
November 20241214
October 20241214.2
September 202411.714.4

Where it treats patients

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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